ficatum

== Latin == === Etymology === Ellipsis of iecur fīcātum (literally “figgy liver”). Derived from fīcus (“fig”) +‎ -ātum (“-y, -ed”, attributive adjective suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈkaː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈkaː.tum] === Noun === fīcātum n (genitive fīcātī); second declension liver (from an animal fattened on figs); foie gras ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ficatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ficatum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ficatum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.